No more vampires? "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer announces her first book in six years — a spy thriller.
Bestselling author Stephenie Meyer seems to have left vampires behind for good: After deciding in 2008 that a final book in the “Twilight” series, “Midnight Sun,” would be put on hold indefinitely (it was to have been a re-telling of the “Twilight” story from the point of view of Edward, the imperious yet hunky vamp, which is not necessarily a good idea), she has turned to other subjects. “The Host,” published in 2010, was an alien-invasion tale later turned into a very bad movie. Today, Meyer’s publisher announced her newest book: “The Chemist,” a spy thriller about a former secret agent on the run. Unlike the “Twilight” young-adult books, it’s aimed at a grownup audience.
“’The Chemist’ is the love child created from the union of my romantic sensibilities and my obsession with Jason Bourne/Aaron Cross,” Meyer wrote in a statement published by the Wall Street Journal. “I very much enjoyed spending time with a different kind of action hero, one whose primary weapon isn’t a gun or a knife or bulging muscles, but rather her brain.” (Acknowledgement, perhaps, that Bella wasn’t playing with a full deck?)
“The Chemist” will debut on November 15; no word yet on a movie deal, but I’m sure it’s coming. In the meantime, consider how the “Twilight” movies might have played if Aaron Sorkin had written the dialogue.